I don't think there's any question that prosecutors who adopt a 'KISS' (keep-it-simple, stupid) strategy usually are able to make a much more meaningful and cogent presentation to the jury.
Not that (the justices) intended it that way. But it has that effect.
Judges normally show greater sympathy for people of advanced years and deteriorating health.
It's more likely that you can lose a case in jury selection than win the case.
The bottom line is, different jury, different city, different facts.
A desperate move made with the hope of eliciting some sympathy from the court to permit him to spend some part of the remainder of his life outside of jail.
There's never any assurance that a juror who meets a certain profile will return a verdict a certain way.
The only time the Department of Justice asks for a stay is because it is going down the road of returning an indictment.
In the last two years, the government has painstakingly climbed ladders, gotten different people along the way to plead guilty in order to go after someone at the higher rung. We're now at the top of the ladder.
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